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import org.w3c.dom.*;

/**
 * @author Matthew J. Duftler
 * @author Sanjiva Weerawarana
 */
public class DOMUtils {
    /**
     * The namespaceURI represented by the prefix <code>xmlns</code>.
     */
    private static String NS_URI_XMLNS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/";

    /**
     * Returns the value of an attribute of an element. Returns null
     * if the attribute is not found (whereas Element.getAttribute
     * returns "" if an attrib is not found).
     *
     * @param el       Element whose attrib is looked for
     * @param attrName name of attribute to look for 
     * @return the attribute value
     */
    static public String getAttribute(Element el, String attrName) {
        String sRet = null;
        Attr attr = el.getAttributeNode(attrName);

        if (attr != null) {
            sRet = attr.getValue();
        }
        return sRet;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of an attribute of an element. Returns null
     * if the attribute is not found (whereas Element.getAttributeNS
     * returns "" if an attrib is not found).
     *
     * @param el       Element whose attrib is looked for
     * @param namespaceURI namespace URI of attribute to look for 
     * @param localPart local part of attribute to look for 
     * @return the attribute value
     */
    static public String getAttributeNS(Element el, String namespaceURI, String localPart) {
        String sRet = null;
        Attr attr = el.getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI, localPart);

        if (attr != null) {
            sRet = attr.getValue();
        }

        return sRet;
    }

    /**
     * Concat all the text and cdata node children of this elem and return
     * the resulting text.
     *
     * @param parentEl the element whose cdata/text node values are to
     *                 be combined.
     * @return the concatanated string.
     */
    static public String getChildCharacterData(Element parentEl) {
        if (parentEl == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Node tempNode = parentEl.getFirstChild();
        StringBuffer strBuf = new StringBuffer();
        CharacterData charData;

        while (tempNode != null) {
            switch (tempNode.getNodeType()) {
            case Node.TEXT_NODE:
            case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
                charData = (CharacterData) tempNode;
                strBuf.append(charData.getData());
                break;
            }
            tempNode = tempNode.getNextSibling();
        }
        return strBuf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Return the first child element of the given element. Null if no
     * children are found.
     *
     * @param elem Element whose child is to be returned
     * @return the first child element.
     */
    public static Element getFirstChildElement(Element elem) {
        for (Node n = elem.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) n;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Return the next sibling element of the given element. Null if no
     * more sibling elements are found.
     *
     * @param elem Element whose sibling element is to be returned
     * @return the next sibling element.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Element elem) {
        for (Node n = elem.getNextSibling(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) n;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Return the first child element of the given element which has the
     * given attribute with the given value.
     *
     * @param elem      the element whose children are to be searched
     * @param attrName  the attrib that must be present
     * @param attrValue the desired value of the attribute
     *
     * @return the first matching child element.
     */
    public static Element findChildElementWithAttribute(Element elem, String attrName, String attrValue) {
        for (Node n = elem.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                if (attrValue.equals(DOMUtils.getAttribute((Element) n, attrName))) {
                    return (Element) n;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /** 
     * Count number of children of a certain type of the given element.
     *
     * @param elem the element whose kids are to be counted
     *
     * @return the number of matching kids.
     */
    public static int countKids(Element elem, short nodeType) {
        int nkids = 0;
        for (Node n = elem.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == nodeType) {
                nkids++;
            }
        }
        return nkids;
    }

    /**
     * Given a prefix and a node, return the namespace URI that the prefix
     * has been associated with. This method is useful in resolving the
     * namespace URI of attribute values which are being interpreted as
     * QNames. If prefix is null, this method will return the default
     * namespace.
     *
     * @param context the starting node (looks up recursively from here)
     * @param prefix the prefix to find an xmlns:prefix=uri for
     *
     * @return the namespace URI or null if not found
     */
    public static String getNamespaceURIFromPrefix(Node context, String prefix) {
        short nodeType = context.getNodeType();
        Node tempNode = null;

        switch (nodeType) {
        case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE: {
            tempNode = ((Attr) context).getOwnerElement();
            break;
        }
        case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: {
            tempNode = context;
            break;
        }
        default: {
            tempNode = context.getParentNode();
            break;
        }
        }

        while (tempNode != null && tempNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            Element tempEl = (Element) tempNode;
            String namespaceURI = (prefix == null) ? getAttribute(tempEl, "xmlns")
                    : getAttributeNS(tempEl, NS_URI_XMLNS, prefix);

            if (namespaceURI != null) {
                return namespaceURI;
            } else {
                tempNode = tempEl.getParentNode();
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    public static Element getElementByID(Element el, String id) {
        if (el == null)
            return null;
        String thisId = el.getAttribute("id");
        if (id.equals(thisId))
            return el;

        NodeList list = el.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element) {
                Element ret = getElementByID((Element) node, id);
                if (ret != null)
                    return ret;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}